Steamer device for millinery-work



M. BASSETT.

STEAMER DEVICE FOR IVIILLINERY WORK.

APPLICATION FILED. FEB. 28, I920.

* 1,373,938, Patented Apr. 5,1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent. P t t p j5 9 Application filed February 28,1920. Serial No; 361,981;

To all whom it may con-06m:

Be it known that I, MAY BASSETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Des Mioines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Steamer Device for l\'/Iillinery-\Vork, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a steamer device of simple, durable and inexpensive construction adapted for use in millinery stores and establishments. More particularly it is my object to pro vide a steamer device-of the kind mentioned, having a tank comparatively shallow in which water may be quickly heated, which ran ement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanylng drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a steamer device embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, central, sectional view through the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the steamer device, having installed thereon a different steamer head from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and i Fig. 4 shows a top or plan View of the steamer head shown in Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally the water reservoir'forming a part of my improved steamer device. The water reservoir 10 preferably comprisesa comparatively shallow pan or the like, having a top or cover member 11, provided with an inlet passage 12, over which is a cap 13.

The cover 11 is also provided at its central portion with an upwardly extending cylindrical member 14. The member 7 14: serves as a support for the various forms of steamer heads, and also as a passage-way through which the steam from the reservoir may pass upwardlyintothe steamer head. At its ends the reservoirlO is preferably provided with short upwardly extending portions 15, shown in Fig. 2; I I

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o. The reservoir 10 maybe used with a con- I siderable variety of steamer heads of di fferent makes. f L Q In the accompanying drawings, I have shown in Figs.1,.2 and 4t asteamer: head comprising a substantially" flat shallowjpan quite similar in'its; general construction "to the pan or reservoir 10, indicated by the'refa 'erence character 16. The steamer head,

however, insteadof having thetop orcover like the reservoir 10, has-a top 17' which is convex, andfi'scurved from its central por-' tion downwardly 'outwardly' in every direction. 1 I j The top 17 is provided with a large number of small holes 18, through which steam may escape At jthe ends o f the steamer I head 16 are downwardly extending legs 19 adapted 'torest on the top-ofthe-reservoir 10, adjacent to the upwardly extending member 15, for suitably bracing and supporting the steamer head.

In Fig. 3, I have'shown mounted .on the member 14:, a, different form of steamer member 20, adapted to telescopically receive the member 14. r v

Similarly the steamer head shown in Fig. 3, has a central, downwardly extending cylindrical member 21 adapted to slidably extend over the member 14.

At the upper ends of the. memberfQl is a hollow chamber having a top or cover member 22 shaped substantiallylike a head.

It maybe mentioned, that the steamer a great variety andnumber of shapes might be used for doing different kinds of work- It will, of course, be understood that the cover memberv 22 of the steamer head shown in Fig. 3 isperforated with small holes 23 head shown in Figs. 1 and 2..

- heads shown herein are'illustrative and that V In the practical use of my improveddevice, the steamer heads for the .work planned should be placed'on the reservoir, and the water in the reservoir may then be heated in head. Itwill be noted that the steamer head 16 has at its central portion of its bottom, a downwardly extending cylindrical any suitable way, as from a gas burner or otherwise. u

The object in using a shallow pan is to make it possible to heat the water quickly for thereby producingsteam in the shortest possible time. V u

The steam passes upwardly through the member linto the steamer head, and thence outwardly through the perforations in such' head. My device isused in a great'many places in millinery establishments. In renewing and refreshing velvet, the velvet is laid with the pile up on the steamer head. The steam passing upwardly through the velvet will cause the pile to stand up and make the velvet look fresh and new. This improves the appearance of new velvet which has been carried on a shelf or .in storage. 7 I 5 Other millinery materials may be improved and freshened in appearance with my device.

A piece of material which has been made up into a hat or part of a hat .may be steamed on a steamer head of the general shape shown in Fig. 3, if desired.

Other peculiarly shaped parts of material may be shaped on steamer heads of diiferent kinds if desired.

Silk hat linings and the like, or hat parts made of buckram, or similar materials, where they have been stifiened with glue and similar materials, will sometimes get shape. ome. changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my improved device without departing from the essential spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover'by my claim any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalentswhich may be reasonably included within theirscope.

I claim as my invention A steamer device comprising a shallow container having a filler opening near one end and having a central opening in its top, a cylindrical member extending upwardly from said opening, said container having near its ends upwardly extending flanges, a steamer head having a oottom provided with a central opening and'having a cylindrical member extending downwardly from said opening that receives said first cylindrical member, said steamer members having a curved perforated top, and being provided at its ends with downwardly extending supporting members adapted to rest on said receptacle adjacent to the upwardly MAY BAssETT. 

